LONDON, April 12 (Reuters) - The Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (BAV) said on Thursday they intended to digitise 1.5 million pages of ancient texts and make them freely available online. The libraries said the digitised collections will centre on three subject areas: Greek manuscripts, 15th-century printed books and Hebrew manuscripts and early printed books. The areas have been chosen for the...

LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - A London law firm confirmed the worst-kept secret in show business on Monday by sending congratulations to one of its lawyers and Hollywood leading man George Clooney on their engagement. Media speculation that Clooney had gone back on his vow never to remarry grew at the weekend after his girlfriend, human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin, was spotted wearing a large ring on her wedding finger at a Los Angeles restaurant. ...

It doesn't take a Rhodes Scholar to figure out that Oxford University students aren't your average college kids. But stuffy? Eggheads? Elitists? These are labels that have been laid on those who attend or have attended the 800-year-old institution. And during the recent presidential campaign, President Bush added "liberals" and implied a privileged status among Oxford students as he attempted to cast doubts about his opponent, Bill Clinton, for his activities while a Rhodes Scholar in the late '60s.

Let's get this out of the way right now: "The Last Enchantments" is neither "Brideshead Revisited" nor "The Great Gatsby," though readers will find reverberations of both within these pages: A Yale-educated narrator. An unstable twosome named Tom and Daisy. A melee of insider/outsider friends. Oxford University. A mist of nostalgia rising from the countless nights and bleary mornings of easy bacchanalia. This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered to Printers...

Two Chicago-area natives are among 32 American Rhodes Scholars announced Sunday. Shining through a field of more than 800 applicants, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, of Oak Lawn, and Ben Wilcox, of Winnetka, will have the chance to continue their academic pursuits at the University of Oxford in England starting next year as students likely to "make an effective and positive contribution throughout the world," according to the Rhodes Trust. A senior at Harvard...

Ever since The Baffler left town and Stop Smiling ceased publication, Chicago's small-press scene has been on life support. Now, an indie journal of cultural criticism is poised to fill the void. This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered to Printers Row members with the Sunday Chicago Tribune and by digital edition via email. Click here to learn about joining Printers Row. The Point, published since 2009, has drawn favorable notice nationally...

Let's get this out of the way right now: "The Last Enchantments" is neither "Brideshead Revisited" nor "The Great Gatsby," though readers will find reverberations of both within these pages: A Yale-educated narrator. An unstable twosome named Tom and Daisy. A melee of insider/outsider friends. Oxford University. A mist of nostalgia rising from the countless nights and bleary mornings of easy bacchanalia. This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered to Printers...

* Less extreme warming seen over 50-100 years * Oceans may be absorbing more heat than was thought * Warming still on track to breach international goal By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 19 (Reuters) - Extreme global warming is less likely in coming decades after a slowdown in the pace of temperature rises so far this century, an international team of scientists said on Sunday. Warming is still on track, however, to breach a...

May 13 (Reuters) - The number of U.S. students enrolled in full-degree programs at universities outside the United States grew 4 percent to about 46,000 last year, according to a report by the Institute of International Education's Project Atlas. Shaving thousands of dollars off their tuition bills is a prime motivation for many Americans studying abroad. Below is a more in-depth look at each of the five top host countries for American undergraduates...

Cyril O. Houle, 85, a retired University of Chicago education professor and an innovator in adult education, died Wednesday in Sarasota, Fla. Mr. Houle spent 50 years in adult education. From 1939 to 1978, he was at the U. of C., where he served on the faculty of the department of education and as dean of the adult program, University College. From 1976 to 1995, Mr. Houle served as senior program consultant with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Mich. "People...

LONDON (Reuters) - Austerity is having a devastating effect on health in Europe and North America, driving suicide, depression and infectious diseases and reducing access to medicines and care, researchers said on Monday. Detailing a decade of research, Oxford University political economist David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu, an assistant professor of medicine and an epidemiologist at Stanford University, said their findings show austerity is seriously bad for health. In a book...

Students at Somerville College, one of two all-women colleges at Oxford University in England, say they`ll continue their protests despite final ratification of a ruling by the college's Governing Body to hire male faculty members by the end of this year and to admit men as students early next year. University administrators say the switch will attract more applicants as students and faculty.

* Cameron to deliver speech 0900 GMT on Friday in Amsterdam * Is expected to say which powers he wants to claw back from EU * His own party is split on the issue * Other EU member states are anxious about his plans By Andrew Osborn LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - When British Prime Minister David Cameron delivers an eagerly awaited speech in Amsterdam on Friday that could determine Britain's future in Europe, the message will be his own, but the...

Women academics at Oxford University in England blocked the creation of new professorships in their campaign for junior positions, instead, which are more likely to go to women. At a recent formal meeting about 220 professors agreed that $154,000 allocated for professorships should go toward creating more readerships, a midlevel position below professors and above lecturers, the teaching grade with the most women. Of the university's 1,247 academics, 176 are women, the majority of whom are lecturers.

Melinda Hughes Whiting and John Stuart Burrows were married Dec. 26 at a private residence in Bannockburn. The bride is a graduate of DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. She is a reporter and producer for public radio station WHYY in Philadelphia. Her parents are Donald and Sally Whiting of Bannockburn. The groom is a graduate of Oxford University, Oxford, England, and the University of Manchester, Manchester, England. He is currently a faculty member of the University of the Arts...